Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-24
4 GREAT MATCH.
.,-.rds and Kinney Make . Night OF
Il and Give the Sports Their
Moneys Worth.
.x.or,v Four O'Clock no Result Had
Reeu Reached, Each Having .
Fall, the Third to Decide.

Fall. the Third to Decide.
r.oro were nearly 300 people assembled
.he old Pavilion, yesterday evening TO
.n.ss the wrestling match between Frank
v;nnev and Edwin Edwards, for $3.50 q
~. host two falls out OF three Cornish
'.-,e of wrestling. The men entered the
~ at 10 o'clock and were seated at
"oosite corners for nearly hall an hour
RI the preliminaries were settled. Mr..
r.onk, who was the stakeholder, was 10
I.me the referee and finally decided upon
1..t Mcdonald. The choice was favor
'.,v received. A few bets were offered
s.,o,e the men began; $50 was offered on
awards ard taken but an offer of SIS
D.nt unanswered. Moritz Kock consented to
vs. as timekeeper. The men then stripped
sud assumed their canvas jackets.
v;nnay is the taller and siighter ofthe two,
rdvards peing very stout and compactly
tsmed. Kinney seemed too slender for
lis height but showed as the contest pro-
.ssded that what there was Of him was
touOh aB sUtcI. ENdu VMOIkdA uCUCd do
rIvards' second and Mr.. McCloskey as
T%inney's. The referee and seconds
1RcLED ROUND TIE MEN.
,arrowly watching every move made by
.bem. The most suppressed excitement
n,evaied after the men advanced from
.hs;r corners. At 1929 they advanced
and cautiously approached each other,
~ - o~l R~,l- ns-~Lnl
v;nnay ser uring q back-hand collar hold
nth h,s right hand, his left holding both
sans of Edwards jacket, near the throat.
rdsards caught Kinney's jacket with his
~ hand against Kinney's right breast.
s CIV II burrowed through the first bout
"movably, his right grasping Kinney's
Nat near the throat. Edwards claimed
All hold on Kinney in the latter holding
s.th sides of his jacket in one hand, and
y.nev was directed to take another hold.
Thon commenced Il weariDg-Out pro cess.
po,b men with their muscles ut utmost ten |
.iOu and vise.like grips moved slowly round
Edwards backwards. Kinney occasionally
tented with his right leg. Edward acted
upon the defensive, grinding his lett against
Kinnev's side. Kinney gradually got Ed
wards JACKET gathered up over his c
ond seemed to have the more powerful
hold In A few minutes Edwards made a
sudden clinch with his left leg and both
Tell, Kinney
NOT FAILING SQUARE
underneath and saving himself. They then
vent to their corners and were sponged and
tanned by their seconds. Time being called
the bout was resumed. The men clinched
a. soon as they met. Kinney again got bis
backhanded hold and proceeded to acquire
nossession of the rest Of the back of Ed
yards Jacket as before, Edwards getting
hs hold against Kinney's side. They
changed hold repeatedly during this bout.
sometiu es graspinQ each others jacket at
the throat with both hands. again slipping
into the old position. Kinney showed a
GOOD deal OF agility, but it was useless,
as Edwards eluded every effort he made
to reach his leg. Kinney played with both
LEGS alternately, but could not get q lock.
Round the square Enclosure the men went
with firm holds and heads bent down, each
apparently to wear out the other. Ed
wards raised a laugh after about twenty
minutes Of this, by raising his head and
asking Kinney: ''How dye get Along?"
"Oh, pretty good" answered Kinney. but
his tone |
WAS NOT AZ CHEER
% Edwards and his breathing q trife
abored. Then Kinney got vicious and
shook Edwards. but without phazing the
latter in the least. They tugged at each
Others Jackets until their backs were level,
but the connoisseurs said it was scientific
play. The left hand hold OF the jacket
against the right ribs was declared by one
bystander to be Carkeek's favorite hold.
E;ncnv r.k 1ncL With hia RIGHT
foot, but let 20 at once. not
feeling secure. Head to head they
went round. Kenny then tented with bis
right and shortly after made a sudden
rush with his left and right foot trying to
lock with his left but let 60. Kinney be-
gan to show signs OF exhaustion. The bout
had lasted nearly an shour and he vac
perspiring freely. Edwards saw this: His
patient grinding tug Oh Kinney's neck was
telling in his favor. At this time they
changed holds. Again they made
q clinch, Edwards caught Kinney's right
and left legs alternately with his feet, but
they broke. In this clinch Kinney was
almost lifted off his feet. Some very pretty
work followed and after 6fty.three minutes
exhaustive work the referee
SENT THEM TO THEIR CORNERS.
In two minutes and a hall time was called
and the men came up cautiously. 1t was
nearly a minute ere they grappled. When
they did it was plain that Edwards had
the best hold. He got the back-handed
grip on Kinney's collar with his right hand,
bis left PLAYING loose on Kinney's right
side. Kinney got all under-hol0 on Ed
wards' breast with his left, his right holding
the cuff oil Edwards left sleeve. edward
began to ma Ike play now. He was acting
on the aggressive and Kinney on the de.
knsive. They changed holds-both held
each other by the collar at the neck: After
nearly half an nour cautious felntlng ano
Watching of each other, and apparently
strsining to the utmost to tire each other,
Edwards worked round till he got a good
opening, when with an unexpected turn ne
threw Kinney backwards as the latter wal
preparipp to forestall a forward throw.
Eeeryone pronounced the fall a beauty,
being as fair and square q back as ever
touched the ground. and loud applause
greeted the winner. Time, one hour ana
twenty minutes.
It was now after ~ o'clock. The second
fall was gained by Kinney, why forced Ed
wards on his back under the ropes. Ere
ceding and succeeding this there were q
number of falls, which were decided by Ine
releren to be no 1aIe. OAo
gained by Kinney was claimed by many o,
his ~iriends-for him, but the referee wouid
not give it to him and the contest con
tnued. During a breathing. SPELL w. :.
Penrose stepped into the enciosure
and announced that at the soI'c'ta'
ton of a number present he de'
sired to express the universal approba.
ton of ali present with the iaireso
sporting contest hat had ever taken place
in Montana, and aided for himself tna!,
after SO many hirpodromes in Butte, ~
was really refreshing to see q contest tna0
was conducted on such fair and square
principles. He further announced tnat q
purse would be made up for the loser, leS
him be whom he may, and he passed
round his hat, chipping in a noera'
Donation for a starter. A sum OF q ~a Vs.
collected and handed to the referee. AI!er
this the men again resumed Kinney o ZEN
thrown shortly after by bis 200
catching in the tarpaulin upon "nlcI
they were wrestling, which nag
become rent in many places, which snoweo
the powerful strain exerted by tne COZ
~testants. At a quarter to the contesC
ants we're still IN their ieet' eio~.Il
Juggling at one another, gay.
with the Jacket OF his adversary
rolled up into a thick rope round Fac,
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